Sauces, Spices, and Flavor Balance

Beginner

Sauces, Spices, and Flavor Balance

Spice Pairings and Flavor

Learn about warm, earthy, and refreshing spice families, which dishes each group pairs with, and how to build your own spice blend.

14 min Start Lesson

Beginner

Sauces, Spices, and Flavor Balance

Using Spices Correctly

Learn how to choose between whole and ground spices, release their aroma by blooming them in oil, add them at the right time, and fix an over-seasoned dish.

16 min Start Lesson

Beginner

Sauces, Spices, and Flavor Balance

Foundations of Flavoring with Sauces

Learn the techniques for making a pan sauce by deglazing, using vinaigrette ratios, reducing a sauce, making a yogurt-based sauce, and thickening a sauce.

15 min Start Lesson

Beginner

Sauces, Spices, and Flavor Balance

Taste Balancing Methods

Learn how the five basic tastes balance one another and how to correct an overly salty, sour, flat, or spicy dish using taste itself.

14 min Start Lesson

Beginner

Sauces, Spices, and Flavor Balance

Salting Techniques

Learn how different types of salt compare, why meat is salted early, how to salt cooking water, how to draw moisture from vegetables, and how to use finishing salt correctly.

15 min Start Lesson